I mentioned the controversy surrounding Tim Tebow’s upcoming Super Bowl ad earlier today. What I totally forgot to mention is that this is the same player who have Bible verses on his eye black. To keep the sun out of their eyes, lots of athletes put eye black underneath them (since it’s black, it absorbs… Continue reading The Best Football Bible Verses
Tag: apologetics
The Tebow Message: Choose Life
The controversy over the upcoming Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad has been incredible. I. The AdThe exact content of the ad is still secret, but pretty widely understood to be the story of Tim Tebow’s own birth in 1987, probably told by his mother, Pam. Fox explains: When [Pam] Tebow suffered from a dangerous infection… Continue reading The Tebow Message: Choose Life
God in the Eternal Present
In my opinion, one of the best proofs for the authenticity of the Biblical accounts is the manner in which God speaks of Himself. He speaks of Himself as existing outside of time. When the pagans thought of the gods, they thought of them as having been around from the beginning. The grasp of the… Continue reading God in the Eternal Present
True Catholicism, or why I love Fr. John Gother
1. Catholicism, MisrepresentedOne of the frequent problems facing Catholics defending the Faith is that those attacking it really aren’t. They’re attacking some strange distortion of the Catholic Faith which, if true, would deserve to be attacked. Occasionally, this distorting is done willfully to advance one’s own theological agenda (as with the influential Centuriators of Magdeburg,… Continue reading True Catholicism, or why I love Fr. John Gother
The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#6-8)
Back in October, I started answering a series of oppositions to the Papacy which I was calling the Reymond questions, after their author, Robert L. Reymond of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (originally from here). You can find all of my answers by using the Reymond Question tag at the bottom of the post. Today’s… Continue reading The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#6-8)
Why Bread and Wine?
The fact that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Jesus doesn’t mean that the elements bread and wine can’t also be symbolic. And indeed, they’re incredibly so. Consider just a few of the 1) Bread and wine both vaguely look like flesh and blood, respectively. This is a fact to which Jesus seems… Continue reading Why Bread and Wine?
Viva Cristo Rey!
I asked my friend Carlos, the same guy who gave me his laptop, to write on the Cristero War and the inspiring story of Archbishop Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero. Carlos is from Hermosillo, Sonora, where Abp. Guerrero served as Archbishop, and he’s got an almost encyclopedic memory of this subject. Anyways, without further ado,… Continue reading Viva Cristo Rey!
The Catholic Church’s Gallows Humor
The now-late Avery Cardinal Dulles penned a brilliant essay on the death penalty. I’d say it’s the single best summation of the history and theological implications of the death penalty I’ve ever read – I sent it to my dad (who favors the death penalty) and my brother (who opposes it), and both attempted to… Continue reading The Catholic Church’s Gallows Humor
Beckwith v. TurretinFan on Sola Scriptura
TurretinFan attacks Frank Beckwith’s excellent article on sola Scriptura by calling it a “bait and switch.” I’m interested in this subject, since I was quite impressed with how simply Beckwith made his case the first time I encountered this. He just says things so succinctly that you’re left to mull it over a bit before… Continue reading Beckwith v. TurretinFan on Sola Scriptura
On the Goodness of Punishing Sin
We live in a culture which has lost sight of the goodness of retributive punishment, and the whole thing seems suspicious. But I think that we’re still aware of this truth in some way, deepy down. There’s a famous law hypothetical: a man robs and rapes a woman. In the week before he’s arrested, a… Continue reading On the Goodness of Punishing Sin